{"product_id":"babylonian-creation-myths-9781575062471","title":"Babylonian Creation Myths","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eFor much of the last half of the twentieth century, W. G. Lambert devoted much of his research energy and effort to the study of Babylonian texts dealing with Mesopotamian ideas regarding creation, including especially \u003ci\u003eEnuma Elish\u003c\/i\u003e. This volume, which appears almost exactly 2 years after Lambert’s death, distills a lifetime of learning by the world’s foremost expert on these texts. Lambert provides a full transliteration and translation of the 7 tablets of \u003ci\u003eEnuma Elish\u003c\/i\u003e, based on the known exemplars, as well as coverage of a number of other texts that bear on, or are thought to bear on, Mesopotamian notions of the origin of the world, mankind, and the gods. New editions of seventeen additional “creation tales” are provided, including “Enmesharra’s Defeat,” “Enki and Ninmah,” “The Slaying of Labbu,” and “The Theogony of Dunnu.”\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLambert pays special attention, of course, to the connection of the main epic, \u003ci\u003eEnuma Elish\u003c\/i\u003e, with the rise and place of Marduk in the Babylonian pantheon. He traces the development of this deity’s origin and rise to prominence and elaborates the relationship of this text, and the others discussed, to the religious and political climate Babylonia.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe volume includes 70 plates (primarily hand-copies of the various exemplars of Enuma Elish) and extensive indexes.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Much more might be said about this magnum opus, but suffice it to say in conclusion that just as Professor Lambert’s \u003ci\u003eBabylonian Wisdom Literature\u003c\/i\u003e enables a generation of students to understand better the Hebrew books of Job, Proverbs and Qoheleth, so his \u003ci\u003eBabylonian Creation Myths\u003c\/i\u003e will help future generations of students understand better the creation-themed texts in Genesis, Job, the Psalter and the Prophets. Students around the world will find it difficult to measure their depth of gratitude not only for this volume but also that Professor Lambert lived long enough to complete it.”\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e—Michael S. Moore \u003ci\u003eReview of Biblical Literature\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e“\u003ci\u003eBabylonian Creation Myths\u003c\/i\u003e is an excellent book and a worthy memorial of a great Assyriologist.”\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e—Michael P. Streck \u003ci\u003eBulletin of the School of Oriental and African Studies\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Pennsylvania State University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50083796943191,"sku":"9781575062471","price":79.86,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781575062471.jpg?v=1740725778","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/babylonian-creation-myths-9781575062471","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}